Improved hair-curling fluid



UN TED STATES PATENT OFFIQEO RICHARD CLARK, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVED HAlR-GURLING FLUID.

Specification .l'orniing,- part of Letters Patent No. 54,115, dated April 24, 186

of the alcohol being simply to preserve the preparation from souring and keep it lll good condition.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, Brennan CLARK, of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Im- The curling properties of the fluid are deprovedHair-CurlingPreparationorFlui(.; and rived from the extract of box-wood, and its I do hereby declare and make known that the etlicacy depends upon the proportion of said following is a full, clear, and exact description ingredient used, as the above-mentioned prothercof, sul'licicnt to enable those skilled in the art to compound and use the same.

My said invention consists in a simple veg;

portions may be varied and still the result he substantially the same, more of the liuid being required where the amount of the said exetable compound or fluid preparation, which, tractof box-woodis diminished,andless where on being properly applied tothe hair will cause the amount of said extract is increased.

the same to curl in the mostbeautiful and luxu- The mode of applying this fluid to the hair riantmanner, while at the same timeit is peris as follows:

fectly free from an substance injurious to the The hair is first moistened or partially satuhair or scalp, and leaves the same clean and rated with the preparation and then rolled freefrom any gummy or Waxy matters whatever. up in papers, and as soon as the hair becomes To enable those skilled in the art to underdry the papers may be removed, and the destand how to,compound, prepare, and use my sired result is accomplished.

invention, I will now proceed to describe the Instead of the extract of box-wood the tincsame with particularity. ture or other decoction of saidwood may be Itakefourounces of distilled rain-wateror any employed with like results. pure soft water free from mineral substances, Having described my invention, I will now and two ounces of alcohol, and mix the same specify what I claim and desire to secure by together, and then add and thoroughly mix Letters Patent:

in one ounce of the extract of box-wood, and In the manufacture of ahair-dressing'prepaboil the whole down to tour ounces. When ration,theemploymentoftheextractortincture cool a suitable quantity of any desiredperfume or other decoction of box-wood, substantially may be added, when the compound is bottled as specified, and for the purposes set forth.

and ready for use. It preferred, the alcohol RICHARD CLARK. may be added after the water and extract of Witnesses: box-wood have been boiled together, a less W. E. MARKS,

quantity beingrequired in such case, the object O. ROWLAND. 

